Americans gaze at the sky
On a hot, muggy 4th of July,
Watching fireworks flash
At a flag-waving bash.
Others catch forty winks on the sly.
July 2014 Update: My original “line five” back when wrote this in 2010 was:
“A brief respite from life gone awry.”
But I’ve decided that it’s too depressing, so I changed it to:
“Some even pretend that they’re high.”
But a few hours later I changed it yet again to:
“Others catch forty winks on the sly.”
Mad Kane (Madeleine Begun Kane) is a writer, musician, and "recovering lawyer." She won the Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor and enjoys writing limericks, song parodies, and current events haiku.
You can email her at madkane@madkane.com, visit her non-political humor blog, or stop by her home page.
